Author: KahawaTungu Reporter

Police are investigating an incident where a 29-year-old man stabbed his 32-year-old uncle to death after accusing him of cohabiting with his mother in Ndanai area, Sotik, Bomet County. Bomet County Police Commander Edward Imbwaga said the suspect ambushed his uncle, Gilbert Kiplangat Bett, stabbing him in the cheek and inflicting fatal injuries to the neck, leading to his death at the scene. Imbwaga said the suspect’s mother attempted to intervene and defuse the situation, but her efforts were unsuccessful as her son was reportedly enraged over his uncle’s alleged behaviour. The suspect escaped the scene as his uncle fell…

A couple was arrested over claims that they murdered their nine-year-old daughter and buried the body in a shallow grave in Eshiabwali village, Kakamega County. The body of the girl was on January 26, 2026 exhumed from a shallow grave outside the couple’s house in the village. The motive of the murder was not immediately established. Police said the suspects included a man and his two wives. The girl is said to have died on January 24 and the couple kept the body in the house until January 26, 2026 at 4 am when they buried it in the grave…

Three passengers were Tuesday killed while 14 others were injured when a speeding bus rammed into a stalled lorry along Argwings Kodhek Road in Nairobi. Police and witnesses said the accident happened at a drift near the Argwings Kodhek/Oledume Road junction. It also caused a huge traffic jam as rescuers rushed to rescue those trapped. This was after a lorry that was carrying construction materials stalled at the drift while headed for Kawangware direction. Police said a bus that was carrying passengers headed for Kawangware and on high speed rammed onto the lorry killing two passengers on the spot. A…

Former Judicial Service Commission (JSC) Vice Chairperson Macharia Njeru protested to Chief Justice Martha Koome, raising concerns over what he describes as the open participation of JSC Vice Chairperson Isaac Ruto in partisan political activities. In a letter addressed to the Chief Justice in her capacity as JSC Chairperson, Njeru cited media reports and images showing Ruto attending meetings of the United Democratic Alliance (UDA), including the party’s National Governing Council meeting held at State House in Nairobi. A similar concern was raised by the Consumer Federation of Kenya (COFEK) which said it was protesting in the public interest pursuant…

A US judge temporarily blocked the deportation of a 5-year-old boy, whose detention by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents last week drew widespread public outrage amid immigration raids in Minneapolis. Five-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos and his father, Adrian Conejo Arias, who are asylum seekers from Ecuador, were arrested on January 20 by ICE agents. Photographs soon went viral of 5-year-old Liam, wearing a fluffy blue cap and a backpack, being held as he was detained by a federal agent dressed in black. “Any possible or anticipated removal or transfer” of the child or his father was prohibited while they…

Former Nigerian oil minister Diezani Alison-Madueke took bribes including luxury goods and the use of high-end properties from industry figures interested in lucrative oil and gas contracts, British prosecutors said at her corruption trial on Tuesday. Alison-Madueke was minister for petroleum resources between 2010 and 2015 under then-president Goodluck Jonathan and was also briefly president of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), the first woman to hold either role. The 65-year-old is now one of the most high-profile former energy officials to stand trial for alleged corruption, having been charged in 2023 with five counts of accepting bribes…

Minnesota Representative Ilhan Omar was attacked with an unknown substance at a town hall she was hosting on Tuesday, when an audience member used a syringe to spray liquid at her, Minneapolis police said. Omar was uninjured and continued to speak. The man was immediately arrested and forensics were being conducted at the scene, police added. “I thought it was one of her aides going up to hand her a note or something,” Jacquelynn Goessling said of the man that attacked Omar with liquid, the acrid smell of which consumed the front of the room. In a statement on X,…

President Donald Trump said his administration was “going to de-escalate a little bit” in Minnesota, after the second fatal shooting of a US citizen by federal immigration officers there. “Bottom line, it was terrible. Both of them were terrible,” he said in a Fox News interview on Tuesday. In early January Renee Good was fatally shot by an immigration officer, followed by Alex Pretti, who was killed after being stopped by border agents this past weekend. Pretti’s death reignited local protests and public outcry across the country, and led to criticism from lawmakers in both parties. Trump’s remarks are the…

President Donald Trump has threatened to end US support for Iraq if former Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki wins power again. Maliki, who has links to Iran, was selected at the weekend by an alliance of Shia-led parties as its nominee for prime minister. The US president wrote on Truth Social that Maliki would be a “very bad choice”, adding: “Last time Maliki was in power, the Country descended into poverty and total chaos.” Maliki, whose time in office between 2006 and 2014 was marked by sectarian violence, stepped down after Islamic State seized large parts of the country. After being…

Republican lawmakers are starting to break with the Trump administration over its immigration crackdown in Minneapolis, as the party scrambles to respond to growing public anger after two US citizens were killed by federal agents. But even as some Republicans in Washington speak out against the fatal shootings, they’ve avoided directly criticizing President Donald Trump or his broader immigration agenda. The emerging messaging on Minneapolis points to the party’s main dilemma heading into the midterm elections: whether and how to distance itself from the biggest controversies of Trump’s second term, while running on his overall record on immigration and other…

The European Union and India have announced a landmark trade deal after nearly two decades of on-off talks, as both sides aim to deepen ties amid tensions with the US. “We did it, we delivered the mother of all deals,” European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said at a media briefing in Delhi. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi called the deal “historic”. It will allow free trade of goods between the bloc of 27 European states and the world’s most populous country, which together make up nearly 25% of global gross domestic product and a market of two billion…

A top US immigration official is expected to leave the US city of Minneapolis in what may mark a shift in the White House’s tone after the fatal shooting of a second US citizen by federal officers over the weekend. As Border Patrol Commander Gregory Bovino and some immigration agents leave, President Donald Trump’s border tsar Tom Homan will begin leading on-the-ground efforts in city after the fatal shooting of Alex Pretti on Saturday escalated tensions. Trump’s decision may indicate the administration’s interest in walking back more aggressive federal action in his nationwide immigration crackdown. Despite the announcement, online tracking…

The body of a suspected bandit was found in a thicket after a clash with police reservists in a failed cattle rustling incident in Kathare, Meru County. Police said the body was found in a thicket after a shootout with the security team that was pursuing them. The body lay next to an AK47 rifle that the suspect had and had three bullets. There was also a knife and several coins on the body of the man in the January 26 incident. During the clash, three locals were shot and wounded. They were rushed to the hospital and admitted in…

Police in Rongai, Nakuru County are investigating an incident where a teacher was found dead in her house. She was a teacher at Rongai Academy. The colleagues of Marion Muthoni Makori said they saw smoke emanate from her house in Kimangu village and when they went to check the source, they found her collapsed and dead. Police said the body did not have any visible injuries and was moved to the mortuary pending an autopsy and investigations over the January 26 incident. Police said they want to establish if the woman was killed in the house and the fire staged.…

A form four student drowned in a dam while on a swimming expedition in Gatundu, Kiambu County. The incident happened on Sunday afternoon at the Karemenu Dam. The police said the victim was a student at Ndiko Secondary School. He and his colleague had gone to the dam for swimming when he drowned. The body was later retrieved by locals and moved to the mortuary pending other procedures. Meanwhile, a nine-month-old baby was killed in a fire incident in Sega, Siaya County. The baby was sleeping in their house when the fire broke out gutting it. The police said the…